ABSTRACT
The figures presented here review the chemical structure of known or presumed cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase products of arachidonic acid (20:4ω6; 5-cis,8-cis,11-cis,14-cis-eicosatetraenoic acid) (Figures 1 and 6); dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA; 20:3ω6; 8-cis, 11-cis,14-cis-eicosatrienoic acid) (Figures 2 and 7); adrenic acid (22:4ω6; 7-cis-10-cis,13-cis-16-cis-docosatetraenoic acid) (Figures 3 and 8); eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5ω3; 5-cis,8-cis,11-cis,14-cis,17-cis-eicosapentaenoic acid) (Figures 4 and 9); Mead acid (20:3ω9; 5-cis,8-cis, 11-cis-eicosatrienoic acid) (Figures 5 and 10) and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6ω3; 4-cis,7-cis,10-cis,13-cis,16-cis,19-cis-cis-dosahexaenoic acid) (Figure 11). The pathways shown are also summarized in Figure 3 in the first chapter of this volume.
